The news cycle moves fast, but the underlying patterns stay the same. These articles apply far-from-equilibrium thinking to current events—from political upheavals to technological disruptions to social movements. When you understand the thermodynamics of complex systems, today's headlines start making a lot more sense.
Most commentary on current events focuses on personalities, parties, and short-term outcomes. We take a different approach. By examining events through the lens of entropy, adaptation, and self-organization, we can see patterns that others miss. Why do some movements succeed while others fail? Why do institutions resist change until they collapse? Why does progress often come from the margins rather than the center?
These articles connect breaking news to deeper principles. We explore how social media algorithms create filter bubbles, why political polarization follows predictable thermodynamic patterns, and how economic systems behave like living organisms responding to stress. The goal isn't to predict the future—it's to understand the forces shaping it.
If you're tired of hot takes and tribal thinking, these articles offer a different way to engage with the world. Not left or right, but forward—toward a deeper understanding of the complex systems we're all part of.
Why Everyone is Anxious Right Now
It's not just you. The world is changing faster than human brains evolved to handle. The thermodynamic explanation for modern anxiety.
The Real Reason Politics is Broken
FLPs vs BLPs explains everything. It's not left vs right—it's forward vs backward. Why we're stuck and how to get unstuck.
What the AI Panic Gets Wrong
The headlines are designed to scare you. The reality is more interesting. A Forward Look perspective on the AI revolution.
Why the Old Institutions Are Failing
Government, education, media, medicine—all built for a world that no longer exists. The thermodynamics of institutional decay.
The Great Rewiring
Social media, AI, remote work—we're rewiring human society in real time. What's actually happening and how to navigate it.
Why Young People Are Depressed
It's not weakness. It's a mismatch between ancient brains and modern environments. The Forward Look diagnosis—and prescription.
The Death of the Expert
Why nobody trusts experts anymore—and why that's both a problem and an opportunity. How to think for yourself in the information age.
What Crypto Gets Right (And Wrong)
Decentralization is a thermodynamic principle. Bitcoin is an attempt to apply it. What the crypto movement understands—and what it misses.